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Archived Press Clippings

With more than 60,000 members throughout our province, stands taken by AUPE on a wide range of issues can have a significant impact on the lives of many Albertans. As a result, local, provincial and national media all pay close attention to AUPE statements and activities.

In this section, clippings from a few of the vast number of newspaper stories about AUPE have been indexed and grouped by year. To view an index of press clippings about the Government Services Sector for a particular year, select one of the links below. To read an individual press clipping, click on an individual title within the index.

Press Clippings from 2005
Press Clippings from 2004
Press Clippings from 2003
Press Clippings from 2002

All of these press clippings below are presented in PDF format - viewable using Adobe's Acrobat Reader. To obtain this free software for viewing and printing PDF files click here for Adobe's site.


Press Clippings from 2005

February 17, 2005
Steve West's severance package morally bankrupt,-Edmonton Journal
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February 17, 2005
Outrage at the golden West,-Edmonton Sun
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January 25, 2005
Only politics holds back smoking ban,-Calgary Herald
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January 22, 2005
Smoking debate on,-Edmonton Sun
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January 22, 2005
On smoking,premier is a dinosaur,-Edmonton Sun
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January 20, 2005
Union smokes Klein- Edmonton Sun,
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January 19, 2005
Stinging criticism- Edmonton Sun,
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January 18, 2005
Mason blasts Klein on cigs- Edmonton Sun,
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January 11, 2005
AUPE thrives in face of the most anti-union gov't in Canada - Edmonton Journal,
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January 09, 2005
Man plans to challenge jail ban on sweetgrass - Edmonton Sun,
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Press Clippings from 2004

December 27, 2004
For many Albertans, holiday weekend was no holiday at all - Grande Prairie Tribune,
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December 26, 2004
Manitoba limits bargain hunters- Lethbridge Herald,
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December 6, 2004
Remand revolt looming - Calgary Sun,
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December 2, 2004
Cons risking shock to light their smokes - Edmonton Sun More...

December 2, 2004
Inmates beating butt ban - Calgary Sun. More...

November 25, 2004
Ralph vows to rise again - Edmonton Sun More...

November 17, 2004
Hole Lotta love - Edmonton Sun More...

November 16, 2004
Guards fear info in gangsters hands- Calgary Sun More...

November 15, 2004
Prison guards push to remove addresses from auto registries- Grande Prairie Herald Tribune More...

November 13, 2004
Premier pledges reforms of Alberta Administration- Lethbridge Herald More...

November 12, 2004
Lax security extremely troubling- Edmonton Sun More...

November 9, 2004
The feisty, battling Ralph Klein that Albertans know well was back for 90 minutes - Edmonton Journal. More...

October 25, 2004
They say the first few weeks are the hardest-- Fort McMurray Today. More...

October 18, 2004
Prisons in Alberta have adjusted to a permanent smoking ban-- The Lethbridge Herald . More...

September 29, 2004
No butts about it -- Calgary Sun. More...

September 29, 2004
Jailers and inmates given no-smoking sentences -- Calgary Herald. More...

September 29, 2004
Smoke clears but overcrowding remains -- Edmonton Sun. More...


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Press Clipping from 2003

December 30, 2003
Smoke clears but overcrowding remains -- Calgary Herald. More...

December 30, 2003
Smoking in jail -- Calgary Herald. More...

December 28, 2003
AUPE urges province to butt out -- Calgary Sun. More...


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Press Clipping from 2002

November , 2002
AUPE protests plans to close Peace River correctional facility - Alberta Native News. More...

November 21 , 2002
One guard faced rioters - Red Deer. More...

November 21 , 2002
Public needs look behind locked doors - Red Deer. More..


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